Lockwood scores twice as Wales Women win 17–0 in Japan
Archive article. Published on Sun 25 Oct, 01:40. Conditions may have changed since this reporting.
Seren Lockwood scored two tries as Wales Women beat Japan 17–0 at the Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium in Tokyo on Saturday, Wales' second win in the WXV Global Series, according to the Welsh Rugby Union. Kelsey Jones scored the other try, her ninth in her 60th test. Wales had two further tries ruled out after TMO reviews, including a seventh-minute maul score by Jones.
Japan 0-17 Wales Women
- Tries
- Wales 3, Japan 0
- Conversions
- Bell 1
- Tries ruled out by TMO
- Wales 2
- Lockwood
- 2 tries
- Kelsey Jones
- 9th try in 60th test
A slow start in wind and rain
Neither side scored for more than half an hour in difficult conditions. Lockwood broke the deadlock in the 35th minute, darting over from a ruck after a Freya Bell carry, and Bell converted for a 7–0 half-time lead. Bell later went off with what the WRU described as looking like a serious leg injury. Wales dominated the scrum in the final quarter after changes from the bench, and Jones finished a driving maul in the 65th minute before Lockwood scored again in the right corner from a Lleucu George pass.
Next
Wales face Japan again next weekend. The match was Japan's 100th international, the WRU said.
Background and supporting figures
Where this sits
Wales scored 74 points in their two opening WXV games in Cardiff (a win over South Africa and a narrow defeat to the USA), against 17 here.
Wales face Japan again next weekend; this was Japan's 100th international.